Excavator · Archaeologist · Cataloguer
G. Loud
fl. 1935–1948
Excavator and archaeologist, active 1935–1948.
Life and work
- 1935–1948Author of Megiddo II (1948), the publication of the 1935–1939 seasons, cited for Cypriot-type wall appliques and imported Bichrome ware from Megiddo.
- 1935–1939Author of Megiddo II, the publication of the 1935–1939 seasons that assigned the Locus 2115 and Area BB tomb finds to strata.
The Stratigraphic Relationship of Local and Imported Bichrome Ware at Megiddo (1982), p. 79
- 1937–1948Excavator of Megiddo, where he found the Megiddo ivories in 1937; his report Megiddo II (1948) is cited for Cypriote painted juglets and other Cypriot-type finds from the site.
Patty Gerstenblith, The Levant at the Beginning of the Middle Bronze Age (1983), p. 28
- 1937Excavated the Megiddo ivories in the annex at Megiddo in 1937 and kept field notes and diaries recording ivory finds and the skeleton.
Hoarded Treasures: The Megiddo Ivories and the End of the Bronze Age (2009), p. 189
- 1939Published 1939 work with plates cited for Levantine ivories and rosette discs, including Megiddo-type material referenced in the text.
- 1948Published Megiddo II (1948), in which one fibula, pl. 223:79, is listed as from Level IV.
- UndatedSuggested that the ivories found at Megiddo were a connoisseur's collection produced over a longer period than the palace.
McCown, Chester Charlton, Ladder of progress in Palstine: story of archaeological adventure (1943)
- UndatedCited for the view that the strata VIIB and VIIA palaces suffered violent destruction at Megiddo; the passage reports his interpretation of the palace remains.
Mentioned in
5 mentionsDocuments · 5
- Archaeology, Artifacts and Antiquities of the Ancient Near East: Sites, Cultures, and Proveniences
Muscarella 2013
- The Levant at the Beginning of the Middle Bronze Age
Gerstenblith 1983
- The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East
Meyers 1997
- The Stratigraphic Relationship of Local and Imported Bichrome Ware at Megiddo
Wood 1982
- Ugarit, Zypern und Ägäis: Kulturbeziehungen im zweiten Jahrtausend v.Chr.
Buchholz 1999
Sources
- 1.Patty Gerstenblith, The Levant at the Beginning of the Middle Bronze Age (1983).
- 2.Hoarded Treasures: The Megiddo Ivories and the End of the Bronze Age (2009).
- 3.McCown, Chester Charlton, Ladder of progress in Palstine: story of archaeological adventure (1943).
- 4.Aruz, Joan; Benzel, Kim; Evans, Jean M, Beyond Babylon : art, trade, and diplomacy in the second millennium B.C. (2008).
- 5.Eric M. Meyers; William G. Dever; Carol L. Meyers; James D. Muhly; Dennis Pardee; James A. Sauer, The Oxford Encyclopedia of Archaeology in the Near East (1997).
- 6.Hans-Günter Buchholz, Ugarit, Zypern und Ägäis: Kulturbeziehungen im zweiten Jahrtausend v.Chr. (1999).
- 7.Oscar White Muscarella, Archaeology, Artifacts and Antiquities of the Ancient Near East: Sites, Cultures, and Proveniences (2013).
- 8.The Stratigraphic Relationship of Local and Imported Bichrome Ware at Megiddo (1982).
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